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Introduction

You want to create a concept for your app quickly in electronic format?
You do not want to learn Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator?
You are looking for a complete set of available LCDUI components as UI design stencil set?
This article is for you.

Downloads (Fast lane)

Available are the following files.

Full touch

Touch and type

Non touch

*.bmml

*.bmml

*.bmml

symbol

symbol

symbol

Why Balsamiq?

The idea behind Balsamiq is that you visualize your idea fast in electronic format – preferably faster than with pencil and paper. The point is that you do not deliver something pixel perfect but some sketchy. People will not start arguing about pixel perfection, but they will talk about the basic arrangement of your layouts. Nevertheless, the layouts look clean and you can organize them very easily.

Baslamiq’s success is partially build on people contributing to their libraries – like these stencils submitted by the author. Baslamiq is still affordable and you can try with a 7 days trial to figure out if Balsamiq is for you. There exist standalone versions, cloud and wiki solutions with reverting possibilities. Personally, I like Balsamiq because of various reasons:

It allows teams to work on layouts and solutions – not only for mobile app but whatever you want to draw sketch about.

You are not carried away by layout details. There is just a limited amount of icons and so far I always managed to make something from that. But if really necessary, you can import an image, e.g. a company logo.

It is fast, really fast, especially if there are ready symbols available.

The result is perfect for interaction design - no graphics overhead.

I can get pdf and png as output.

Faster results then e.g. Inkscape or Illustrator.

However, there are other solutions out there, but so far Balsamiq has ticked all the right boxes for me and I do not see a reason why to change to anything else, not saying that there might be something out there what suits you better. Please check Balsamiq.com for more information about Balsamiq software and solutions.

Oh yes, I am not endorsed in any way by Balsmiq, I am simply a fan.

What can I get?

The only complete stencil set for all current Series 40 releases, like non-touch, touch-and-type and full-touch.

The stencils are available as

Standard *.bmml file.

Symbol file.

Due to large amount of graphical elements, the bmml and symbol files were split up into:

Full touch

Touch and Type

Non-touch

Due to naming conventions, the symbol files cannot reside in the same folder.

How does it work?

How to open

Double click the *.bmml file and copy the elements you need.

The symbol file must be placed in the “assets” folder of your project. The items load automatically to “assets” and “all” from the upmost bar.

How to operate

After placing the asset, break the symbol apart and ungroup the asset to enable editing.

The checkboxes are “activated” by reducing the opacity of the overlaying (square) geometric shape.

In full touch, radio buttons are “activated” by reducing the opacity of the overlaying (square) geometric shape.

Check boxes and radio buttons are created with square geometric shapes to get close to the surround (squircle) shape.

The form items should be placed on the Canvas.

About accuracy

The stencil sizes are very accurate when it comes to amount of pixels.

The font size might differ by one or two points, since Balsamiq is not using Nokia Sans.

The amount of actual amount of text for an item might vary. But in case things get tight it is anyways a good idea to rethink the layout at this point.

The minimum touch area is a reference for custom UI touch components. As the name implies, the touch area of a custom UI component should not be less than what you find from the minimum touch area. The sizes are related to amount of pixels

How to get the correct size for paper prototypes

Scale the printout (png or pdf) according to the target release:

Full touch diameter is 3″ = 76 mm

Touch and type diameter is 2.4″ = 61 mm (there exist also phones with 2.6″, but you should test for the worst case )

Which components are there?

The stencil set focuses on LCDUI, but LWUIT layouts should be easy to add where needed. The important thing is that you have the “ballpark size” at hand and from there it should be straight forward to add LWUIT UI components, e.g. Tab bar instead of a Category bar.
However, the LCDUI components visualization and interaction changes between platforms. Therefore also some names will vary. But it is very likely that you will find the components just by looking them up from the upmost bar. A mouse hoover over the item will reveal the full name.The following items are available:

LCDUI component description

Full touch name

Touch and type name

Non touch name

Timed Alert

Alert 0btn

Alert 0btn

Alert 0btn

Alert, 1 button

Alert 1btn

Alert 1btn

Alert 1btn

Alert, 2 buttons

Alert 2btn

Alert 2btn

Alert 2btn

Alert, 3 buttons, image,indeterminate progressindicator

Alert 3btn img progrbar

Alert 3btn img progrbar

Alert 3btn img progrbar

Standard icons for Alert

-

Alert Icons

Alert Icons

Base layout

-

Base layout

Base layout

Canvas

Canvas

Canvas

Canvas

Category Bar

Canvas CategoryBar

-

-

Category Bar extension, 6 items

CategoryBar extn06

-

-

Category bar extension, 15 items

CategoryBar extn15

-

-

Form - exclusive Choice Group, 2 items

Form ChcGrp excl2

-

-

Form - exclusive Choice Group, 3 items

Form ChcGrp excl3

-

-

Form - exclusive Choice Group, max items

Form ChcGrp excl4

Form ChcGrp excl4

Form ChcGrp excl6

Form - multiple Choice Group, 2 items

Form ChcGrp mlt2

-

-

Form - multiple Choice Group, 3 item

Form ChcGrp mlt3

-

-

Form - multiple Choice Group, max item

Form ChcGrp mlt4

Form ChcGrp mlt4

Form ChcGrp mlt6

Form - popup Choice Group, closed

Form ChcGrp pop-

Form ChcGrp pop-

Form ChcGrp pop-

Form - popup Choice Group, focus

-

-

Form ChcGrp pop focus

Form - popup Choice Group,2 items

Form ChcGrp pop2

-

-

Form - popup Choice Group,3 items

Form ChcGrp pop3

-

-

Form - popup Choice Group,max items

Form ChcGrp pop4

Form ChcGrp pop5

Form ChcGrp pop7

Form - Custom Item, paired button A

Form Cstm sgmbtnA

-

-

Form - Custom Item, paired button B

Form Cstm sgmbtnB

-

-

Form - Custom Item, 3 buttons with label

Form Cstm btnlbl3

-

-

Form - Custom Item, segmented button

Form Cstm sgmtbtn

-

-

Form - Custom Item, switch

Form Cstm switch

-

-

Form - Date Field, time

Form Date time-

Form Date time-

Form Date time-

Form - Date Field, time edit

Form Date time2

Form Date time edit

Form Date time focus

Form - Date Field,time am/pm edit

Form Date time3

-

-

Form - Date Field, date

Form Date date-

Form Date date-

Form Date date-

Form - Date Field, date edit

Form Date date3

Form Date date edit

-

Form - Date Field, date + time

Form Date datetime-

Form Date datetime-

Form Date datetime-

Form - Date Field, date + time, date edit

Form Date datetime date

Form Date datetime date

-

Form - Date Field, date + time, time edit

Form Date datetime time

Form Date datetime time

-

Form Gauge progbar Form Gauge progbar Form Gauge progbar
Form Gauge slider Form Gauge slider Form Gauge slider
Form Gauge slider active Form Gauge slider focus
Form Gauge spinner Form Gauge spinner Form Gauge spinner